Gerhard Richter

Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich

Galerie Löhrl, Mönchengladbach

Private Collection, Tubingen

Sale: Christie's, London, Contemporary Art, 9 October 1998, Lot 57

Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Bielefeld, Kunsthalle; Mannheim, Mannheimer Kunstverein, Gerhard Richter: Abstract Paintings 1976 to 1981, 1982, p. 44, illustrated in colour

Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich, Gerhard Richter: Abstraktes Bilder 1976 to 1981, 1982

Exhibition Catalogue: Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Gerhard Richter. Bilder / Paintings 1962-1985 (cat. and catalogue raisonné), 1986, p. 393, p. 237, illustrated

Exhibition Catalogue: Frankfurt, Deutsches Architekturmuseum; Paris, Centre de Creation Industrielle, Centre Pompidou, Bodenreform: Teppichböden von Künstlern und Architekten, 1989, p. 116, illustrated in colour

Exhibition Catalogue: Bonn, Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Gerhard Richter. Werkübersicht / Catalogue raisonné 1962-1993 (cat.), Vol. III, 1993, no. 464-1, illustrated in colour

Dietmar Elger, Gerhard Richter. Catalogue Raisonné 1976-1987, Vol. 3 (nos. 389 – 651-2), Ostfildern 2013, p. 202, no. 464-1, illustrated in colour

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the blue is slightly brighter and more vibrant in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultraviolet light.
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